Dronabinol 2.5mg oral at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER

2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.77 with HealthyBlue vs $3.85 with Optum Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.77
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $0.85
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $0.85
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $0.92
United OptionsPPO $0.97
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $1.16
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1.16
BCBS BlueAccess $1.16
BCBS Traditional $1.42
BCBS Participating $1.42
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1.48
BCBS TRICARE $1.48
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1.50
BCBS PC $1.50
Coventry WCOMP $1.55
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1.58
BCBS MCRHMO $1.73
BCBS MCRPPO $1.73
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1.73
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1.85
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1.93
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1.93
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1.93
United AllPayerAppendix $2.23
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2.31
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2.50
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2.50
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2.50
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2.50
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2.85
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2.89
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $3.08
CCO, Inc. COMM $3.08
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3.08
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $3.08
Optum Health COMM $3.43
Optum Transplant COMM $3.54
Optum Health MCD $3.85

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Dronabinol 2.5mg oral at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1.48 – $1.48
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $35.12 $2.23 – $2.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.43 – $1.96
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.43 – $1.96
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $2.51 – $3.61
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $1.43 – $1.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $1.43 – $1.96
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $1.43 – $1.96

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